JUST CALL HIM DADDY

Usher's new video,"Daddy's Home". What do you think? Is Usher on his way to filling MJ's shoes.

MJ'S LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WILL BE ACCEPTED BY HIS KIDS

According to CNN, Michael Jackson's two eldest children are scheduled to take the stage this weekend to accept the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for their father, Jackson family sources said.

It would be the first public appearance for Prince Michael, 12, and Paris, 11, since their dramatic appearance at the memorial service 12 days after their father's death. Sources close to the family said the youngest, 7-year-old Blanket, was not expected to appear, although they suggested that might change.

GRAMMY'S SALUTE TO MICHAEL JACKSON IN 3D

This year, MJ will be a focal point of the show, with an unprecedented posthumous tribute. The Grammys will broadcast a 3-D clip the singer made for his hit "Earth Song," a video that was to be integral to his comeback concerts in London in July 2009 - shows that never happened because of his June 25 death in Los Angeles.

Usher, Celine Dion, Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Hudson and Smokey Robinson will perform alongside the clip, which Ehrlich says will be the first time an awards show will feature 3-D.

"Whenever we would do a show with [Jackson], the first thing he would say to me was, `How can we do something that we [have] never done before?' And now we're doing something that hasn't been done before," said Ehrlich, who worked with Jackson for almost 30 years, in an interview Tuesday.

Organizers said 3-D glasses will be provided to the Grammy audience in Los Angeles and U.S. TV viewers will be able to get free 3-D glasses through a partnership between broadcasters CBS and retail store Target.

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BALLIN' AROUND ON THANKSGIVING

MICHAEL JACKSON'S SON, Prince was VIDEOTAPED playing basketball with Randy and Jermaine's kids in their PALM'S hotel suite. Yes, Hotel Suite equipped with basketball court.

JETSETTERS: JANET JACKSON + RIHANNA DEPART LAX

Janet, 43,  departs at LAX. The famed star is working on a new album and starring in Tyler Perry's sequel, "Why Did I Get Married Too".
She recently revealed that her realization of her brother's passing hit her at this year's MTV Video Music Awards in September, when she saw a tribute picture of him.
Janet said she had avoided anything that could remind her of Michael, after he suddenly passed away on June 25.

"It hit me before I was about to do the performance, and it hit me when we were in rehearsal."There was a huge image of him on this screen, and I started to cry. I had to step away."

 She added:

 "You know, a day doesn't go by where you don't think about him. It's always there, in every sense.  But it will get better. It's not easy, but I know with time it will get easier. But it will never be easy. It's my brother."

 More pics after the jump

THE JACKSON FAMILY REALITY

Behind the headlines lies a captivating family, whose lives have been unwillingly played out before cameras for decades. After 40 years in the business together, Jackie, Jermaine, Tito and Marlon have sold more than 250 million albums worldwide. Now, the brothers allow unprecedented access into their world as they record new material and rehearse for a concert celebrating the 40th anniversary of The Jackson Five. "The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty" will chronicle the brothers' relationships with each other, their parents and their children, while also balancing the demands of their professional commitments and celebrity. The series will also document the brothers coming to terms with the tragic loss of their brother Michael and determining how to properly honor his legacy. The series premieres Sunday, December 13 with back-to-back one-hour episodes beginning at 9:00pm ET/PT.

JACKSON FAMILY THANKSGIVING

Joe Jackson, the patriarch of the Jackson family and his large brood of grandkids, including both Michael Jackson’s children, MJ's alleged fourth child - Michael Omer Bhatti and Jermaine’s, took a caravan to Las Vegas for the holiday weekend.
The kids all looked to be happy and enjoying their time with their grandfather despite this being the first holiday spent without their father Michael. MJ's three children Prince, Paris and Blanket were not joined by their caretaker and grandmother Katherine Jackson. Katherine Jackson does not celebrate holidays because of her religion as she is a Jehovah's Witness, but the Jackson brothers, sisters, and their children do traditionally gather for one day, Thanksgiving, said by Tito Jackson in a recent interview.
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JANET TUNES OUT AT LAX AND OPENS UP MALIBU HOME TO CAMERAS

Janet was spotted arriving at LAX in Los Angeles. Ms. Jackson will release her  Number Ones greatest hits double album on November 17, according to A&M/Ume Records.

Janet Jackson's album will feature one new song, "Make Me," which débuted in September.  Outside of America, the 34-track double album will be entitled Janet Jackson: The Best, and hit stores a week later on November 23. Thirty of the 34 songs have reached number one on various Billboard magazine charts. Number Ones marks Jackson's second hits album, following 1995's Design of a Decade 1986/1996.

Ms. Jackson wil also sit down with Robin Roberts for an exclusive television interview. The very private pop-star will allow cameras into her Malibu home for the very first time ever for this exclusive interview.
"In the Spotlight with Robin Roberts: Janet Jackson" will air Wednesday, November 18 (10:00PM on ABC)

More pics of Ms. JJ

MICHAEL JACKSON'S LAST DANCE

Jackie, Tito and Marlon Jackson

Michael Jackson's movie - "This is It" starts tomorrow and you need to get your ticket. Even on a very windy LA day (yes, winds were blowing like crazy), fans, celebs and MJ's siblings assembled at the Nokia Theatre in Downtown LA to witness the "KING OF POP's" last dance before his untimely death on June 25.
I saw the movie with a friend and we were in awe of how great Mike look. His concert would have been FIRE!
Unfortunately we will never get to see how magnificent and magical the show would have been, but I tell you this - Michael Jackson still had it. He could still perform for a 50 yr old man.
He is the KING and will always be the KING in my book and many fans across the world.
The movie opens in theatres around the world today. I can't wait for the DVD to drop.
Check out who else was there!

NEW MUSIC FROM MJ

Michael Jackson's unreleased single, This Is It, will be available midnight Oct. 12 on the Web site MichaelJackson.com.  I got my ticket for the movie - DID YOU?

JANET JACKSON JOINS TWITTER

Check out Janet Jackson's new twitter page and she's also reprising her role in the Tyler Perry sequel "Why Did I Get Married Too". Ms. Jackson has updated her website and there's even talk that she may be releasing an album in 2010.

JANET'S TWITTER ACCOUNT

KATHERINE JACKSON SPEAKS TO GERALDO ABOUT HUSBAND JOE

Katherine Jackson opens up to Fox News' Geraldo Rivera, clearing up rumors about Joe Jackson and calling son Michael's death suspicious.

MJ'S PRIVATE CONVOS LEAKED?

MJ's personal conversations have been leaked to the internet. Don't know if this is real or made up (can't tell these days), but here they are. These phone conversations allegedly were recorded at the beginning of MJ's Dangerous tour, he's talking to a friend named Glenda. Glenda's husband, Scott, recorded the convo's. Supposedly, it was Glenda's husband who recorded them without their knowledge because allegedly, he was mistrustful of their friendship and thought that something was going on between them. These tapes were allegedly used in the molestation trial to prove that he was interested in a relationship with a woman.




MJ talks about childhood and how he used to throw shoes at Joe's head.


MJ talks about a girl who confessed she's in love with him. He says that he's gonna give it a try but he won't have sex until he's married. He says he really wants a relationship and to know what it's like to be with someone, before he dies. He talks about Tatum, the fact that he gave her a lot of material things and she just played him and the fact that it took him a very long time to get over Diana.
Wow - MJ had a serious crush on Ms. Ross.



Although I've posted these tapes, I did so to show that MJ was a human being. He loved and lost just like most of us. But one thing is definitely clear - he could not trust anyone and these taped conversations proved that.

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KATHERINE JACKSON GETS PERMANENT CUSTODY

Michael Jackson's mother was granted permanent custody of the singer's three children Monday, ending one of the court battles that had been brewing since the pop star's death.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff approved the agreement reached last week by attorneys for Katherine Jackson and Debbie Rowe, mother of the two older children, in which the children will be raised by their grandmother and Rowe keeps visitation and legal parental rights.
The late pop icon had said in his 2002 will that his mother should care for Prince Michael Jr., 12, and Paris Michael Katherine, 11, and his youngest child, Prince Michael II, 7, known as Blanket, who was carried by a surrogate.

Beckloff made the appointment over a last-minute bid by Jackson's dermatologist to get involved in the case. The judge ruled that Dr. Arnold Klein, who treated Jackson for nearly 25 years, had no legal standing. An attorney for the doctor said his client had concerns about the children's welfare, but did not specify. Rowe met Jackson while working in Klein's office.

Moving through a long list of issues before him at the day's hearing, Beckloff also approved undisclosed monthly allowances for the singer's mother and children. Katherine Jackson's attorneys filed papers last month asking for the payments, saying their client had no source of income other than Social Security, and that her son had provided for her when he was alive.

Beckloff granted Katherine Jackson the full amount she requested for herself, but reduced the sum that attorneys requested for the children, saying some of it appeared unnecessary.

The matter of Jackson's estate, on the other hand, still seemed contentious. Attorneys for Katherine Jackson and the special administrators named in Jackson's will met for 90 minutes during the morning hearing to discuss a settlement, but came back and told the judge they were unable to reach one.

Katherine Jackson, in papers filed last week, accused the temporary administrators -- music executive John McClain and entertainment attorney John Branca -- of keeping her in the dark about the estate's affairs.

Beckloff on Monday extended the temporary powers of the administrators for an additional 60 days.
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KATHERINE JACKSON GETS FULL CUSTODY OF GRANDCHILDREN

JOE JACKSON CONFIRMS MJ HAD A FOURTH CHILD

BREAKING NEWS: Michael Jackson’s father, Joe Jackson, sits down with TV One for a revealing interview. Omer Bhatti is MJ's son!


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TITO JACKSON SITS DOWN WITH ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT

Tito Jackson talks with Entertainment Tonight's Kevin Frazier about how he found out about his brother's death.

IS THIS MJ'S SON?

I have to say, the 25 year old does resemble Blanket, but this is not MJ's kid.
Here is a video of Omer Bhatti at age 11.


It has been suspected that Omer Bhatti, originally from Norway, was MJ's illegitimate child for years, stemming from a one night stand in 1983 with the boys mother.
But Bhatti and Jackson first met when the boy was 12, on vacation
with his family in Tunisia. MJ invited the boy and his entire family to Neverland Ranch, where he employed both of his parents and they lived there on and off for a few years. Bhatti denied reports that MJ was his daddy. "Michael is not my father. He and I were just very, very close. He was my best friend."

LAPD CLOSING IN ON CONRAD MURRAY

According to ABC News, leaks of the autopsy of Michael Jackson has found the powerful anesthetic propofol, as well as several prescription drugs, in his system, and law enforcement sources say that investigators believe their final report will list the propofol as a "contributing factor" in his death.

MJ's personal doctor, Conrad Murray, who was with him when he died June 25 at his rented California home, has been identified in court papers as the subject of a manslaughter investigation.

Murray's lawyers have maintained for weeks that Murray was a witness to MJ's death and had nothing to do with it.

It's looking like involuntary manslaughter charges will be coming soon.

EBONY REMEMBERS MICHAEL JACKSON

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MJ looks great in this last photo shoot taken by Ebony. I don't get why the media is making a big deal out of MJ not leaving his Dad or siblings any money. It's no big deal. It happens all the time. Also, MJ has always been skinny...I'm glad Henrietta Cole from Ebony is clearing that up.